https://cambridgerecord.org/ Everything on the record about homelessness. Tue, 14 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-121.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-121.htmlThu, 04 Jun 2026 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to use the Federal Stabilization Fund to provide one-time stabilization payments to Cambridge-based and Cambridge-serving organizations impacted by FY27 MOVA cuts, report back to the City Council with a proposed funding plan, and work with the Mayor's Office and ot https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-154.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-154.htmlThu, 14 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a cross statutory transfer of $322,825.00 within the School Department General Fund. https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-92.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-92.htmlWed, 22 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a response to Awaiting Report Item Number 26-23 regarding the Cambridge Preschool Program. https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-67.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-67.htmlThu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000City Council support of An Act promoting housing stability for older adults across the Commonwealth. https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87119https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87119Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hearing Schedule https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87069https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87069Thu, 05 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hearing Schedule https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87006https://cambridgema.primegov.com/Portal/Item?id=87006Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000Hearing Scedule https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-24.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2026-24.htmlThu, 05 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a plan to align all housing and homeless services and programs into a unified Housing Department.TABLED IN COUNCIL FEBRUARY 9, 2026 CMA 2026-24 https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-35.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2026-35.htmlThu, 05 Feb 2026 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to begin discussions with MIT, CASPAR, the co-chairs of the Human Services and Veterans Committee, all relevant city departments and the shelter residents to develop a plan to renovate and expand 240 Albany Street in order to provide additional low threshold shelte https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-275.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-275.htmlMon, 17 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, in the amount of $153,809 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages acco https://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2025-229.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2025-229.htmlMon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000City Council thanks to the Sufi Service Committee (Boston) and its volunteers for a decade of selfless service to our most vulnerable neighbors, and in recognizing and the Committee for their vital contributions to addressing food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty in Cambridge https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-256.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-256.htmlMon, 20 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $275,237.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account. The funds are authorized by MHSA to provide emergency individual shelter services at the Cambridge Salvation Army. Funds will b https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-231.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-231.htmlMon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-27, regarding the City Manager investigate bike pod storage options to be placed in suitable areas in the city to provide residents and visitors safe storage options https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-228.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-228.htmlMon, 15 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-45, regarding the siting of needle drop boxes and Naloxone boxes in high priority locations throughout the city https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-108.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-108.htmlMon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to coordinate with the Community Safety Department, the Cambridge Police Department, and other relevant parties to ensure that the overnight use of the garden area between St. James Episcopal Church and the Beech Street condos is actively monitored https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-203.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-203.htmlMon, 04 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,437,938, from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($19,720.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-133.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-133.htmlMon, 02 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a proposed increase in the FY26 budget of $1 million that would create new municipal vouchers and supportive services for people who are unhoused and a $5 million free cash appropriation for a Federal Grant Stabilization Fund https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-124.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-124.htmlMon, 19 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $298,794.13, funded by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC), to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account. Funds will be used for emerge https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-73.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-73.htmlMon, 12 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000Policy Order For Expansion of Municipal Vouchers and Renewal of the Rise Up Program https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-112.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-112.htmlMon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 25-16, regarding MBTA bus issues https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-68.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-68.htmlMon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000The City Manager is requested to confer with the Community Development Department to develop a timeline for the next Inclusionary Housing Study, explore remedies to address the lack of housing starts and provide for consideration draft amendments to the Inclusionary Housing Ordinance, and explore ot https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-69.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-69.htmlMon, 05 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to include in the FY26 Operating Budget a continued commitment to Emergency Housing Vouchers for Permanent Supportive Housing and Mixed Status Families, and the Transition Wellness Center, as well as allocate the necessary resources to establish a municipal success https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-91.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2025-91.htmlMon, 28 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $1,000,000 from the School Department Salary and Wages account to the School Department Other Ordinary Maintenance Account ($600,000) and the School Department Travel and Training Account ($400,000). The tran https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-50.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-50.htmlMon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000Continued funding of the Transitional Wellness Center. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR TONER IN COUNCIL APRIL 7, 2025 https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=27886https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=27886Mon, 17 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000Communications were received from Lee Farris, regarding Residents Alliance support for PO 2 including trans and non-binary people in sanctuary city and Residents Alliance supports max. unit size; ending broker fees paid by tenants https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-21.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2025-21.htmlMon, 03 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to work with all appropriate Departments to develop language to create an “Affordable Rent Incentive Program” program for Cambridge and to report back to the City Council with option, including the percentage of possible tax abatements https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-245.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-245.htmlMon, 18 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $153,808.92 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages account ($107,139.83), and to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($46,669.09). Funds will be used fo https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2024-134.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2024-134.htmlMon, 30 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000City Council support of a fair union contract for Cambridge Hospital residents and calls on CHA leadership to swiftly and thoughtfully settle a contract that reflects the value of the resident physicians, the patients they serve, and the crucial importance of Cambridge Hospital to our community https://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2024-203.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2024-203.htmlMon, 09 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000Retirement of Dennis John Paul Kaveney from the First Church Shelter https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2024-97.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2024-97.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000That the City Council requests that the Chair of the Human Services and Veterans Committee schedule a hearing to discuss concerns, evaluate current shelter operations, and explore potential improvements to ensure the welfare of shelter clients https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-153.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-153.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the Safety Net Family Shelter https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-173.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-173.htmlMon, 05 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,420,070 received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA) Grant, to the Grant Fund Community Development Department https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-138.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-138.htmlMon, 24 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $200,000, from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund, to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Extraordinary Expenditures account. This appropriation will be used to purchase and upfit a supplemental van f https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-127.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-127.htmlMon, 17 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $228,471.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($38,237.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($190,234.00). The funds will be used for shelter ope https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-105.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-105.htmlMon, 20 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the Safety Net Family Shelter https://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2024-103.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2024-103.htmlMon, 13 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000Congratulations and gratitude to Mark McGovern, Director of the Cambridge Healthcare of the Homeless, for his decades of compassionate service to our community’s poor, unhoused, and marginalized https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-65.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-65.htmlMon, 01 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $9,987.00 received from the State Department of Early Education and Care to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($4,685) and the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-38.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-38.htmlMon, 18 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the Safety Net Family Shelter https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-10.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2024-10.htmlMon, 29 Jan 2024 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to an update on the Safety Net Family Shelter that the State opened in December and located at the Registry of Deeds https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=20806https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=20806Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000Report on the feasibility of erecting a covered bus shelter in the immediate vicinity of 15 Lambert Street https://cambridgerecord.org/items/ord-2023-9.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/ord-2023-9.htmlMon, 16 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000An Ordinance has been received from City Clerk, relative to a Zoning Petition by the Cambridge City Council to amend Articles 2.000, 4.000, 5.000, and 23.000 of the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance for the purpose of allowing henkeeping as a permitted accessory use to principal residential (excluding tran https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-170.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-170.htmlMon, 02 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to direct the appropriate City staff to determine the feasibility of erecting a covered bus shelter in the immediate vicinity of 15 Lambert Street https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-232.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-232.htmlMon, 11 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $133,486.58 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages https://cambridgerecord.org/items/app-2023-50.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/app-2023-50.htmlMon, 11 Sep 2023 12:00:00 +0000A Zoning Petition Has been received from the City Council regarding standards of henkeeping https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-206.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-206.htmlMon, 07 Aug 2023 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,443,644 received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA) Grant to the Grant Fund Community Development Department O https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-183.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-183.htmlMon, 26 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $229,862.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($38,458.00) and to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($191,404.00). The funds will be used for shelter ope https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-182.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-182.htmlMon, 26 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $6,014,872, to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($327,044.00), to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordinary Maintenance account ($5,679,828.00), and to the Grant Fund Human Services T https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-137.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-137.htmlMon, 15 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to a report communicating the opening of the Hildebrand Family Self-Help Center, Inc. family shelter at 2222 Massachusetts Avenue https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-113.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-113.htmlMon, 01 May 2023 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $33,301.72 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Service Progr https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-57.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-57.htmlMon, 03 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to work with the Department of Public Works, the Cambridge Public Libraries, the Department of Public Health, and all other relevant departments to provide free menstrual products in all gender bathrooms of the Cambridge Public Library branches https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-58.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-58.htmlMon, 03 Apr 2023 12:00:00 +0000City Council support of H.1312 and S.856, An Act Providing Upstream Homelessness Prevention Assistance to Families, Youth, and Adults https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-83.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-83.htmlMon, 20 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to Policy Order 2023 #35, related to the Allocation Plan for Cambridge’s HOME-ARP funds https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-82.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2023-82.htmlMon, 20 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the Salvation Army Shelter and Daytime Program https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-46.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2023-46.htmlMon, 06 Mar 2023 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to work with relevant departments to assist BAY-CASH as they begin working with unhoused youth in Cambridge https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-245.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-245.htmlMon, 19 Dec 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the additional appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance (MHSA) grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $26,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-220.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-220.htmlMon, 07 Nov 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $103,339.03 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary and Wages https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-198.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-198.htmlMon, 17 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Yi-An Huang, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) National Board Program grant in the amount of $12,000. These funds are used annually to supplement fuel assistance payments https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=16940https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=16940Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Report on continue to fund the meals program for the housed and unhoused members of the community for an additional six months https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=16943https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=16943Mon, 03 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Report on touring the facility at 2222 Massachusetts Avenue regarding transitioning the facility into a non-congregate homeless shelter with accompanying services https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-167.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-167.htmlMon, 19 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to continue to fund the meals program for the housed and unhoused members of the community for an additional six months https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-174.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-174.htmlMon, 19 Sep 2022 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to meet with Solutions at Work, tour the facility at 2222 Massachusetts Avenue with relevant staff as soon as possible, and take all necessary steps to transition 2222 Massachusetts Avenue into a non-congregate homeless shelter with accompanying services https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-159.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-159.htmlMon, 01 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting communication from Owen C. O'Riordan, Acting City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $10,000.00 which will be used annually to supplement fuel assistance payments https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-138.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-138.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $227,438.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-139.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-139.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,952,650 received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($374,538.00), to the Grant Fund Human Services Other Ordi https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-144.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-144.htmlMon, 27 Jun 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,216,183 received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as part of the Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA) Grant to the Grant Fund Community Development Depa https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-105.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-105.htmlMon, 09 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of a grant from the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $7,601.29 to the Department of Human Service Programs https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-98.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-98.htmlMon, 02 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $23,100,176 received from the U.S. Department of Treasury through the new Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) established by the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), to the Grant Fund Finance D https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-83.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2022-83.htmlMon, 25 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-8, regarding eliminating hostile architecture https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=15602https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=15602Mon, 28 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000Report on options for spending ARPA money on direct support for households and individuals facing eviction, housing instability, and/or homelessness https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-20.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2022-20.htmlMon, 07 Feb 2022 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is requested to report to the City Council on options for spending ARPA money on direct support for households and individuals facing eviction, housing instability, and/or homelessness https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-283.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-283.htmlMon, 20 Dec 2021 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager is hereby requested to consult with relevant city departments, the Cambridge Housing Authority, non-profits, and homeless shelters on a plan to distribute Cambridge’s allotment of at-home rapid test kits equitably to the highest need individuals https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-255.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-255.htmlMon, 22 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-80, regarding a report on redesign work done at Carl Barron Plaza https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=14933https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=14933Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000Report on all work done on the Carl Barron Plaza redesign proposal and all feedback from the community including the unhoused community in conjunction with the petition https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-211.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-211.htmlMon, 13 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $118,723.49 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary a https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-201.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-201.htmlMon, 13 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $2,024,011 received from HUD as part of the Housing Opportunities for People with Aids (HOPWA) Grant to the Grant Fund Community Development Department Other Ordinary Maintenance Account which will be https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-185.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-185.htmlMon, 02 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Family Shelter grant received from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $664,250.33 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance accou https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=14393https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=14393Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000COM 395 #2021 : A communication was received from Hasson Rashid, regarding public comment is concerning and in regards to POR # 1. https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-158.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-158.htmlMon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $116,748.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-159.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-159.htmlMon, 14 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance Grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $6,604.03 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordi https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-139.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-139.htmlMon, 24 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of $5,859,232 received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($341,791.00), to the Other Ordinary Maintenance account ( https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-138.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-138.htmlMon, 24 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of new Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) funds for the YWCA family shelter in the amount of $4,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account whic https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-137.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-137.htmlMon, 24 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) from the Office of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $221,784.00 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-136.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-136.htmlMon, 24 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $8,000.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which will be used to suppleme https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-107.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-107.htmlMon, 10 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to Awaiting Report Item Number 21-12, regarding a report on the feasibility of retrofitting existing vehicles or renting vehicles to create a mobile vaccine clinic program https://cambridgerecord.org/items/app-2021-19.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/app-2021-19.htmlMon, 03 May 2021 12:00:00 +0000An application was received from Eric Grunebaum, for Friends of Jerry's Pond, requesting permission for two (2) temporary banners to be hung on one light pole in the Russell Field parking lot and the second pole left after the bus shelter announcing Historic Jerry's Pond on April 29, 2021 thru Apri https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-76.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-76.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the transfer of funds of the Mass Housing and Shelter Alliance Grant from the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account in the amount of $3,200.00 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Travel https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-81.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2021-81.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Family Shelter grant received from the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $165,650.08 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance accou https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-70.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-70.htmlMon, 12 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to work with the appropriate City personnel to re-establish funding for a visiting attorney to be situated in the Multi Service Center and/or the Senior Center, with a focus on services provided to the unhoused community, to seniors, and to veterans https://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2021-92.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/res-2021-92.htmlMon, 05 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0000That the Cambridge City Council go on record supporting HD.3095 and SD.2155: An Act Improving Emergency Housing Assistance for Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=13640https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=13640Mon, 08 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000COM 120 #2021 : A communication was received from Carolyn Magid, regarding PO 2021 #36: Task Force Transparency PO 2021#38: Shelter Wages. https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=13561https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=13561Mon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000Report on providing an overview of various programs and services that are designed to assist the City’s chronically unhoused population and those in danger of becoming unhoused, along with the metrics by which the City determines the effectiveness of these programs https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-38.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-38.htmlMon, 01 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000Shelter Wages CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR ZONDERVAN IN COUNCIL MARCH 1, 2021 https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-30.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-30.htmlMon, 22 Feb 2021 12:00:00 +0000Policy Order re Services for the Unhoused https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-12.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-12.htmlMon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000That the city manager be and hereby is requested short term measures to fund, support unhoused members of the community including public showers, portable toilets, hand washing stations and food programs until further notice https://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-13.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/por-2021-13.htmlMon, 11 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000That the City further investigate renting space from the New England school of English to house appropriate members of our unhoused community. CHARTER RIGHT EXERCISED BY COUNCILLOR SIMMONS IN COUNCIL JANUARY 11, 2021 https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-278.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-278.htmlMon, 07 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of new Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $2,268.869.00 to the Grant Fund Department of Human Services Programs Salary https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=12974https://cambridgema.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?ID=12974Tue, 10 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000COF 2020 #66 : A communication was received from Dr. Kenneth N. Salim, Ed. D. Superintendent of Schools, transmitting a presentation regarding Reopening Schools. https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-239.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-239.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of new Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the amount of $551,448 to the Grant Fund Human Services Salary and Wages account ($57,294) https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-240.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-240.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program (EFSP) grant in the amount of $15,000 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Other Ordinary Maintenance account which are used annually to supp https://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-241.htmlhttps://cambridgerecord.org/items/cma-2020-241.htmlMon, 26 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000Transmitting Communication from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the appropriation of the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance grant funded by the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) in the amount of $112,119.46 to the Grant Fund Human Service Programs Salary a